From: adam@address.invalid
Moe Trin wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Sep 2012, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.mandriva, in
article
> , Adam wrote:
> [I see you found the problem - I'll still post this so you can see
> where I was going.]
Yep, bad cable between the computer and router. Since then I've also
gotten wireless connected on Mageia. Remember this is "eris" (backup
computer) filling in for "stolid" (main computer). Once stolid (or
equivalent) gets back here (estimated Friday 10/05), eris goes into the
other room where its only connection will be wireless (unless I have a
really really good reason). That's why I'm not concerned about wired
connections once I get wireless working.
>> For /etc/sysconfig/network, I've created both -wired and -wireless
>> versions, and /etc/sysconfig/network is a symlink, to network-wired
>> right now.
>
> That should work on a Red Hat derived system.
Once I have wireless working, I'll just leave it set at that.
> On a Debian derived system, see that "interface(5)"
> man page. The Debian scheme might be a bit simpler, but it's still
> not "obvious".
But that's a question for a Debian group, not here. :-) The file is
/etc/network/interfaces.
>> [Fedora] does have an interface called "p32p1"
>
> I've heard about that - it's a so-called feature known as "Consistent
> Network Device Naming" originally from Dell. Does the interface show
> a MAC address that matches the Ethernet?
p32p1: flags=4163 mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::21b:b9ff:feb4:654 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20
ether 00:1b:b9:b4:06:54 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 11 bytes 660 (660.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 3 bytes 258 (258.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
MAC 00:1b:b9... is eris's eth0 adaptor, and the inet6 address is the one
for the wired connection.
>> Debian also has an interface called "pan0".
>
> "Personal Area Networking Profile" it's for Bluetooth adapters. I
> don't use it. There MAY be a file named /etc/default/bluetooth that
> has a "BLUETOOTH_ENABLED" variable - set it to zero to disable it.
Here's its first line from ifconfig in two different sessions:
pan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 7a:ee:3e:0e:3d:06
pan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr f2:c3:c4:2c:91:63
I have /no/ idea what those MAC addresses are or why they'd be
different. I don't have any Bluetooth gadgets, but probably one of my
100+ neighbors within 0.1 miles does.
> DNS queries to all and sundry, with no response _including_
> an Avahi query (224.0.0.251.5353) which I don't allow because it's a
> security hole
00:21:58.308752 IP 192.168.1.24.5353 > 224.0.0.251.5353: 0 PTR (QM)?
116.188.70.217.in-addr.arpa. (45)
three times, but no response back from 224.0.0.251 (or anything else
that looks unusual to me). Any idea which app is sending that query?
Should I set my router to block anything outgoing to that IP or port or
both? Or just disable Avahi?
>> I can't be the only person that has more than one computer plugged into
>> a single router!
>
> No, I've got nine - but you have two active interfaces on the router
> and networks hanging off each
Two meaning the router's wired and wireless connections? It has four
LAN ports (one switchable between LAN and WAN), but I assume its
wireless connection could be connected to several computers.
Adam
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